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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.

Idioms:

  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • 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?
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel