"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.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.