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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.

Idioms:

  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.