"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.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.