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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.