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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel