"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.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.

Idioms:

  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.