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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.