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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.

Idioms:

  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • আপনার স্বল্পস্থায়ী লক্ষ্যগুলো কি? - What are your short-term goals?
  • তালি দিন। - Put/keep your hands together. Or Get a hand. Or give a big hand.
  • ওটা আরেকবার বলবেন দয়া করে? - Say that again, please?
  • আরে গাধা, সোজাসুজি বল - KISS: Keep it simple, stupid
  • তুমি কন মুখে আমায় এ কথা বল? - how can you have the face to tell ma this?
  • এটা আমাকে নিয়ে যাচ্ছে পরবর্তী পয়েন্টে... - This leads me to the next point…