"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.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Rich in ( সম্পদশালী ) Bangladesh is rich in minerals.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • 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.
  • 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 no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.