"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.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.