"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.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.

Idioms:

  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.