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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )