"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.
  • Accompanied with ( একসঙ্গে ঘটা ) He has fever accompanied with headache.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.