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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.