"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.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.