"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.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.