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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment

Idioms:

  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.