"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.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.