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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.