"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.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Fill with ( পরিপূর্ণ ) This tank is filled with water.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.