"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.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.