"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.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.

Idioms:

  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.