"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.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.