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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.