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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.