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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.

Idioms:

  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.