"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.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.