"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.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.

Idioms:

  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • 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