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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.

Idioms:

  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )