"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.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.