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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.

Idioms:

  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.