"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.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.