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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )