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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.