"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.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.