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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • 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.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • যত দ্রুত পারা যায়... - ASAP: As soon as possible…
  • আপনাদের দ্বাররক্ষী আছে? - Do you have a concierge?
  • তা বৈকি! - Indeed! Quite so.
  • তিনি লক্ষ লক্ষ মানুষের মধ্যে একজন। - He’s a man in millions.
  • তুমি কি করো (পেশা)? - What do you do?
  • দ্বিমুখী নীতি। - Double standard policy.