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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.