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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • ও সব বাজে কথা - That's all nonsense
  • আমাদের মধ্যে মন কষাকষি চলছে - Our relations are strained
  • খুবই সামান্য। - To a certain angle.
  • আমি আপনাকে পড়ে শুনাচ্ছি - Let me read that back to you
  • ধন্যবাদ, আমি একটু ব্যস্ত আছি কিছুদিন ধরে - Thanks, I’ve been keeping busy
  • তা কি করে হয়? - How come? How can it be?