"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.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.