"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.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.