"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.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.