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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.