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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.