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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )