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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.