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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.