"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.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist