"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.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.