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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • 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.