"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.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Provide against ( পূর্বে ব্যবস্থা করা ; সরবরাহ করা ) You must provide against evil days for your children.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.

Idioms:

  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.