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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.