"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.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.

Idioms:

  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )