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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )