"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.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )