"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.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )