"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.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )