"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.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.