"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.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.

Idioms:

  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.