"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.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.