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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.