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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist