"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.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.