"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.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.