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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.

Idioms:

  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.