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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.

Idioms:

  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.