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Appropriate Preposition:

  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.

Bangla to English Expressions (Translations):

  • চেষ্টা না করলে সফল হবে না - Unless you try, you will never succeed
  • ঠিক তাই! - Exactly!
  • জন, আমাদেরকে আপনার নিজের সম্পর্কে কিছু বলুন - John, tell me a little bit about yourself
  • আমরা যেতে না যেতেই গাড়িটি ছেড়েছিল - No sooner had we had reached the station than the car left
  • এটি আসলে আমার হচ্ছে না - It doesn't really suit me
  • আমি তার মত নই। - I am not like that one