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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.

Idioms:

  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist