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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.

Idioms:

  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.