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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )