"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.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.