"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.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.