"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.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.