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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.