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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.