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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )