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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.