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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.