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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.