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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.

Idioms:

  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )