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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.