"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.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )