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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist