"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.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.