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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.