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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Rich in ( সম্পদশালী ) Bangladesh is rich in minerals.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.

Idioms:

  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )