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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.