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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.