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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.