"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.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.