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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )