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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.