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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.