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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )