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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.