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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.