"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.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Fill with ( পরিপূর্ণ ) This tank is filled with water.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.