"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.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Agree on ( একমত হওয়া (নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়) ) I am agree on this point.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.

Idioms:

  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.