"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush