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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.