"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.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.