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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )