"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.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )