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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.