"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.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.