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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )