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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.