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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.

Idioms:

  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.