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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.