"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.
  • Responsible for ( দায়ী (কোন কার্জ) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.