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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.

Idioms:

  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • পাগড়ি বাঁধা - To put on a turban
  • ১টা বাজে - It is one o'clock
  • আপনি কি কাজ (পেশা) করেন তাহলে? - So, what do you do for a living?
  • দয়া করে তা বলবেন না। - Please don’t mention it
  • যোগ্যতা থাকা সত্ত্বেও সে চাকরিটা পেল না - In spite of his having all the qualification, he did not get a job. / He had all the qualification. Yet he did not get a job. / In spite of having merits, the boy couldn’t pass
  • এমনকি যদিও- - - - Even though.