"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.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.