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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • চেষ্টার কিছু বাকি রাখিনি - I have spared no pains
  • রিডিং আপনাকে অন্য জগতে নিয়ে যাবে। - Reading will take your mind off all worries.
  • প্রসঙ্গত - By the way
  • তুমি কোথায়? - Where are you?
  • লোকটা মরতে-মরতে বেঁচে গেল - The man had a narrow escape or escaped by the skin of his teeth
  • সে নির্ঘাত জানে - He knows certainly.