"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.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.

Idioms:

  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )