"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.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.