"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.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist