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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.