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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.