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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.