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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.