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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • কে যেন ডাকছে মনে হল - It seemed as if somebody was calling me
  • আমার মতে এটা নিশ্চিত যে......। - To me, it’s sure that….
  • ৪টা বাজতে ৩ মিনিট বাকি - Three minutes to four
  • তুমি কি সম্প্রতি ব্যস্ত আছো? - Have you been keeping busy?
  • কম বা বেশি। - By and large.
  • গরু বাঁধা - To tether a cow