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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.

Idioms:

  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.