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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.