"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.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.

Idioms:

  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.