"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.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )