"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.