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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?