"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.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.

Idioms:

  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.