"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.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.