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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.