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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.