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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.