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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.