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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )