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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.