"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.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.