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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.

Idioms:

  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.