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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.