"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.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.