"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.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.