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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.