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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.