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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Attach to ( জুড়ে দেওয়া ) Attach this file to the email.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.