"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.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.