"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.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.