"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.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.