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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )