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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.