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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.