"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.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • 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
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.