"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.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.