"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.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.

Idioms:

  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.