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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.