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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.

Idioms:

  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.