"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.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.