"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.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.