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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Trust with ( বিশ্বাস করা (জিনিস) ) You may trust me with the work.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.