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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.