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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.