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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.