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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.

Idioms:

  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • 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.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.