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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Aware of ( সচেতন ) Man should aware of the danger of environment pollution.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.