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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.

Idioms:

  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist