"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.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.

Idioms:

  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.