"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.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.