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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.

Idioms:

  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.