"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.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.