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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )