"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.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.