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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.