"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.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.