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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.