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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.