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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • 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.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.