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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.