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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.

Idioms:

  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.