"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.