"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.