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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • হীরা তাকে মেরে ধুনে দিয়েছে - Hira has beaten him to a mummy
  • হাঁড়িতে ভাত ঠনঠন করছে - The cooking pot is empty of rice.
  • আমি জুনের ২২ তারিখে যেতে চাই - I would like to leave on June 22nd
  • যেই হোক না কেন? - Whoever?
  • আমি তো সেখানে যাব না - Why, I am not going there
  • এমন কথা তোমার মুখে আসল কি করে? - Don’t utter such words