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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.

Idioms:

  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.