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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather