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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.

Idioms:

  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.