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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.