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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.