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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.