"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.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.