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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.