"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.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.