"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.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.