"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.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.

Idioms:

  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story