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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.