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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.

Idioms:

  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.