"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.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.