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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.

Idioms:

  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.