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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.