"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.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.

Idioms:

  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.