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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.