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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.

Idioms:

  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.