"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.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.

Idioms:

  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.