"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.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.