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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.