"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.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses