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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • ধুমধাম পার্টি। - Grand party.
  • দারুণ! - Cheers!
  • আপনার দয়া - So kind of you!
  • তাকে গাড়ি চালাতে হবে - He will need to drive
  • সে থর থর করে কাঁপতে লাগল - He began to shake violently
  • সে সব টাকা ফুঁকে দিয়েছে - He has squandered away all his money.