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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.

Idioms:

  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.