"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.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.