"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.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.