"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.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.