"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.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.