"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.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?