"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.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.

Idioms:

  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.