"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.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Part with ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) She parted with the ring.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.