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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )