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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )