"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.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.