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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.