"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.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.