"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.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses