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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.