"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.