"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.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Aware of ( সচেতন ) Man should aware of the danger of environment pollution.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.

Idioms:

  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.