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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.