"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.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )