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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.