"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.
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.