"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.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.