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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.

Idioms:

  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.