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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.