"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.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue 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?
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.