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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home