"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.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.