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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.