"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.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.

Idioms:

  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.