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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.

Idioms:

  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.