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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )