"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.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.

Idioms:

  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.