"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.