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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.