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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.

Idioms:

  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family