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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.

Idioms:

  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.