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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.