"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.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.

Idioms:

  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.