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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )