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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.

Idioms:

  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.