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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush