"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.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌

Idioms:

  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.