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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.