"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.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.