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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.

Idioms:

  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.