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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.

Idioms:

  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.