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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.