"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.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.