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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.