"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 with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )