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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.

Idioms:

  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.