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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.

Idioms:

  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.