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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.

Idioms:

  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )