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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.