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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.

Idioms:

  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.