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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.