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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.