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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.