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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses