"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.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.