"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.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.