English to Bengali Dictionary

Polyphony :

Bangla Academy Dictionary

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Appropriate Prepositions

Bar to(বাধা): Poverty is not a bar to happiness.

Call in(ডাকিয়া আনা): They called in a doctor.

Concentrate on(কেন্দ্রীভূত করা): Try to concentrate your attention on your studies.

Infested with (অতিষ্ঠ): The room is infested with rats.

Run after (পশ্চাদানুসরণ করা): Do not run after money.

Idioms

As ill-luck would have it (unfortunately- দুর্ভাগ্যবশত) A child was born to them but, as ill-luck would have it, it died when it was eight days old.

Do yeoman’s service (বিশেষ উপকার করা): Freedom fighters have done yeoman’s service for country.

Give one’s right arm (বিপদের ঝুকি নেয়া): I will give my right arm if I could manage the tickets.

Safe and sound (নিরাপদে)— He reached home safe and sound.

White elephant (অত্যন্ত ব্যয়সাপেক্ষ বিলাসিতা): At last the department proved to be a white elephant.