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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.