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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Part with ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) She parted with the ring.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.

Idioms:

  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.