"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.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.