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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.

Idioms:

  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.