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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.