"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 after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.