"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.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )