"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.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.