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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.

Idioms:

  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.