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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.