"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.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.