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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.