"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.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.