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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )