"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.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly