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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.