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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • টুথপেস্ট কোথায়? - Where is the toothpaste?
  • এখনই। - Right now.
  • মেয়েটি নাচতে নাচতে এল - The girl came dancing
  • চোরকে বলে চুরি করতে, গৃহস্থকে বলে সাবধান হতে - He runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds
  • আপনি কি জানেন এখান থেকে কিভাবে শপিং মলে যাওয়া যাবে? - Do you know how to get to the Shopping mall from here?
  • সে-ই তলে তলে সব করাচ্ছে - He is at bottom of all these things; It is he who is pulling the wires from behind.