"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.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Bring to light ( প্রকাশ করা ) At last all the facts were brought to light.