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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )