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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.

Idioms:

  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.