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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.