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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.