"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.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.