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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • 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.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )