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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.