"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.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.

Idioms:

  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.