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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.