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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.