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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.