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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.