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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.

Idioms:

  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.