"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.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.