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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.