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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.