"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.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )