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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.