"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.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.

Idioms:

  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.