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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • 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?