"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.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.