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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.