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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.