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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.