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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.