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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.