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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )