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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.