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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.