"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.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.