"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.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.