"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.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.