"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.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )