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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.