"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.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Made of ( তৈরি ) This ring is made of gold.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.

Idioms:

  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.