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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.