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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • তুমি কখন আহার কর? - When do you take your meals?
  • তোমার পরামর্শ কি? - What's your advice?
  • আর কি কিছু আছে? - Will there be anything else?
  • গোল্লায় যাক! - Go to the devil!
  • দু-একদিনের মধ্যেই বা ভেতরেই বইটি বের হবে - The book will come out in a day or two.
  • অতীতের জন্য শোক কর না - Let bygones be bygones.