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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.