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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.