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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.