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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.