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

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.