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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate

Idioms:

  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up