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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.