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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.