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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.