"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.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.

Idioms:

  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.