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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.