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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.

Idioms:

  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home