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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.

Idioms:

  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.