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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • তোমাকে যেতেই হবে - You must go
  • তুমি কি কারো জন্য অপেক্ষা করছ? - Are you waiting for someone else?
  • তার সর্দি লেগেছে - He has caught cold
  • সে ভেবে ভেবে দড়ি হয়েছে - He has been reduced to a skeleton through anxiety ; He has worn himself out by worries
  • 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
  • দিনটা আজ ভাল নয় - The day is not auspicious