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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.