"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.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.