"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.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.

Idioms:

  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.