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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.