"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.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.