"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.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.

Idioms:

  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )