"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.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.

Idioms:

  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.