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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.