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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.