Bangla Academy Dictionary:
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Appropriate Preposition:
- Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
- Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
- Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
- Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
- Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
- Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
Idioms:
- Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
- On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
- Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
- All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
- Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
- By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.