"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.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )