"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.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.