"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.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.