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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.