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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • খেয়ে-খেয়ে তার খিদে মরে গেছে - He has lost his appetite by overeating himself
  • তুমি যদি আমার কথা (পরামর্শ) শুনো, তাহলে তুমি ডেন্টিস্ট এর কাছে যাবে - If you take my advice, you'll go to the dentist.
  • আজ বড় শীত শীত করছে - Today I feel rather cold
  • সে খিল-খিল করে হেসে উঠল - She burst into a giggle
  • চুপ কর/ থাক। - Shut up/ Keep quite.
  • সে তোমাকে দেখে দাঁত খিচুচ্ছে - He is making faces at you.