"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.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.