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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )