"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.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.