"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.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Made of ( তৈরি ) This ring is made of gold.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush