"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.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.

Idioms:

  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.