"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 with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )