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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • ৩টা বেজে ৫ মিনিট - It is five past three
  • যোগ্যতা থাকা সত্ত্বেও সে চাকরিটা পেল না - In spite of his having all the qualification, he did not get a job. / He had all the qualification. Yet he did not get a job. / In spite of having merits, the boy couldn’t pass
  • আমি ক্যাশিয়ার হিসাবে কাজ করতাম - I used to work as a cashier
  • এই তো এখানে। - Here they are
  • আপনি কি আর কিছু চেয়েছিলেন? - Did you want anything else?
  • চেঁচাতে-চেঁচাতে তার গলা ভেঙে গেল - He cried himself hoarse