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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.