"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.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.