"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.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.

Idioms:

  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.