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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.