"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.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.