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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • 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.
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg