"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.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.