"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.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.

Idioms:

  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.