"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.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.

Idioms:

  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.