"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.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.