"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.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )