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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.

Idioms:

  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.