"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.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.