"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.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )