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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.