"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.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.