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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.