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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.