"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.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • 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?
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.