"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.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.