"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.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.