"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.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Interfere in ( হস্তক্ষেপ করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) Do not interfere in my job.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.