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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.

Idioms:

  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.