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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • আরো দেখান না - Show me some others, please
  • মা তার মেয়েকে দিয়ে রান্না করিয়েছিল - Mother made her daughter cook food
  • আজকাল ঘরে-ঘরে জ্বর - Now there are cases of fever in every family
  • সে যাব-যাব করছে - She is thinking of going
  • কি যা তা বলছেন আপনি? - What the hell are you talking about?
  • একটু প্রসঙ্গ পাল্টে বলা যাক। - To get off the topic for a moment.