"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.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.

Idioms:

  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.