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Appropriate Preposition:
- Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
- Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
- Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
- Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
- Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
- Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
Idioms:
- By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
- Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
- Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
- put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
- slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
- Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel