"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.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.