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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.