"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.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.