"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.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.