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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.