"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.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush