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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.