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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist