"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.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.