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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.