"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.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.