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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.