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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.