"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.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather