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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.