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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.