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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Aware of ( সচেতন ) Man should aware of the danger of environment pollution.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.