"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.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Responsible for ( দায়ী (কোন কার্জ) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.

Idioms:

  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )