"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.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly