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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.