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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.