"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.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.