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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.