"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.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment

Idioms:

  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.