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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.