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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.