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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.