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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.