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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather