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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.

Idioms:

  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )