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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.