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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.