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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.