"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.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.