"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.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.