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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.

Idioms:

  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.