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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )