"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.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.