"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.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake