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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.