"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.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.

Idioms:

  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.