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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.