"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.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.