"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.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.