"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.
  • Attach to ( জুড়ে দেওয়া ) Attach this file to the email.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.

Idioms:

  • 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 black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.