"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.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )