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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.