"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.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )