"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.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.