"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.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.