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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Attach to ( জুড়ে দেওয়া ) Attach this file to the email.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.