"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.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Attach to ( জুড়ে দেওয়া ) Attach this file to the email.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )