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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.

Idioms:

  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.