"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.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.

Idioms:

  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home