"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 in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist