"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.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather