"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.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.