"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.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.

Idioms:

  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.