"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.
  • Deal with ( ব্যবহার করা ) He deals well with the customers.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.