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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Fill with ( পরিপূর্ণ ) This tank is filled with water.

Idioms:

  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.