"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.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.