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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly