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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.

Idioms:

  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )