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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.