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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.

Idioms:

  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.