Bangla Academy Dictionary:
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Appropriate Preposition:
- Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
- Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
- Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
- Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
- Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
- Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
Idioms:
- Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
- On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
- the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
- Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
- At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
- Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.