"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.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • 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
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide