"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.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.