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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.