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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.

Idioms:

  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.