"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.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.