"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.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.

Idioms:

  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.