"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.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.