"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.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.