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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )