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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.