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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.