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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Responsible for ( দায়ী (কোন কার্জ) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • তুমি যে কি করছো? - What on earth are you doing?
  • কেউ কেউ বলে সে ছোটবেলায় খুব নিষ্ঠুর ছিল - Some say that he was very cruel in his boyhood
  • সেই দিন অবধি - From that day forward
  • তুমি মনে হয় আমার সাথে মজা করছো! - You’ve got to be kidding me!
  • আমি আরো একটি দায়িত্ব নিতে চাই - I want to take on more responsibility
  • সে রামকে বলে বাইরে গেল - He took Ram’s permission when he went out