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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.