"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.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.