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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )