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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.