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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.