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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.