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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.