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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.

Idioms:

  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • ওই কোণায় একটা রেস্টুরেন্ট আছে - There is a restaurant around the corner
  • জি, এখানের জন্য - For here please
  • - We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
  • হ্যালো! - Hello!
  • নিজের পায়ে কুড়াল মারা - To dig one’s own grave
  • জরুরি দরকার: কল দাও - 911: Emergency! Call me