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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • 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.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.