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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.