"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide