"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.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.