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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.

Idioms:

  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.