"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.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.