"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.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel