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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.

Idioms:

  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.