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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.

Idioms:

  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush