"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.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.

Idioms:

  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.