"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.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.