"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.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.