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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Rich in ( সম্পদশালী ) Bangladesh is rich in minerals.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.