Bangla Academy Dictionary:
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Appropriate Preposition:
- Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
- Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
- Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
- Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
- Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
- Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
Idioms:
- Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
- Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
- By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
- Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
- Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
- Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.