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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.