"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.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.

Idioms:

  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.