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Appropriate Preposition:
- Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
- Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
- Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
- Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
- Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
- Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
Idioms:
- In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
- till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
- By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
- At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
- Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
- Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.