"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.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • 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
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.