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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.

Idioms:

  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.