"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.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.