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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.

Idioms:

  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.