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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.