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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • শুনে খুশি হলাম - I’m glad to hear that
  • তুমি আর কি পছন্দ কর? - Whatever else do you like?
  • আমি তোমাকে একটু পরেই কল দিচ্ছি - I’ll call you back a little later
  • যোগাযোগ রেখো! - Keep in touch!
  • আমি ধূমপান করা যাবে এমন রুম চাই - I would like a smoking room
  • এটা আমাকে নিয়ে যাচ্ছে পরবর্তী পয়েন্টে... - This leads me to the next point…