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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.