"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.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.