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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.