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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush