Some Important Ideoms and Phrases for Memorizing

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Part-1

ABC :(প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) You have no ABC in English.

A bed of roses (ফুল শয্যা) Life is not a bed of roses.

At finger’s end: (নখদর্পনে) The matter is at my finger’s end.

As if: (যেন)She talked as if she is a doctor.

At all: (আদৌ) He does not go to school at all.

At home(দক্ষ)You are at home in English.

At least: (কমপক্ষে)He is at least a graduate.

At one’s wit’s end: (হতবুদ্ধি) I was at my wit’s end then.

A jaundiced eye: (বিদ্বেষ ভরা চোখ) He is a jaundiced eyed man.

A jail bird: (জেল ঘুঘু)He is a jail bird.

All in all: (সর্বে সর্বা) He is all in all in the office.

All on/of a sudden: (হঠাৎ) He came in the all on a sudden.

A bed of thorn: (কন্টকাকীর্ণ) Human life is a bed thorns.

Above all: (অধিকন্তু)Above all he is an honest man.

After all: (মোটের উপর) After all he is a good man.

All along: (সব সময়)All along I stayed there.

At daggers drawn: (ভীষণ শত্রুতা) The two brothers are at dagger’s drawn now.

A black sheep: (পালের গোদা) Robi is a black sheep in the society.

According to:  (অনুসারে) Do according to your duty.

A fish out of water: (প্রতিকূল অবস্থা) Now I feel me a fish out of water.

A fool’s paradise: (বোকার স্বর্গ) One should not live in a fool’s paradise.

A far cry: (পার্থক্য) There is a far cry between you and Matin.

Part-2

A gala day: (আনন্দের দিন) 16^TH December is a gala day for us.

At stake: (বিপন্ন)His life is at stake now.

At sixes and sevens: (এলোমেলো)The room is at sixes and sevens now.

At large: (স্বাধীন)The birds fly at large in the sky.

At last: (অবশেষে)At last they reached to the station.

A man of letters: (পন্ডিত ব্যক্তি) He is a man of letters.

At a glance: (চোখের নিমিষে)I looked at the tree at a glance.

At the top of: (সর্বোচ্চ স্বরে)He shouted at the top of his voice.

At random: (উদ্দেশ্যহীন) Buses ply at random.

At the eleventh hour: (শেষ মুহূর্তে)He met me at the eleventh hour.

All the same: (একই কথা)It is all the same to me whether he comes or mot.

Apple of discord: (বিবাদের বিষয়) The land is the apple of discord among the villagers.

As to: (মত) I told him everything as to the boy.

As well as: (আরও) He as well as his brother has committed the crime.

As soon as: (যত শীঘ্রই) Please reply to me as soon as you can.

As regards: (সম্পর্কে) As regards her I know nothing.

At a dead lock: (অচলবস্থা)At present the factory is at a dead lock.

At long last: (অবশেষে) long last he returned to his native village.

A man of word: (এক কথার লোক )Noor Alam is a man of word.

A man of parts: (পন্ডিত ব্যক্তি) Sher-E-Bangla was a man of parts.

A means of: (মাধ্যম) Rice is not only means of food in our country.

A narrow escape: (সামান্যের থেকে রক্ষা পাওয়া) We had a narrow escape from an imminent accident.

A rainy day: (দুর্যোগের দিন)Now he passes a rainy day.

A slow coach: (অলস ব্যক্তি)Adam Ali is a slow coach.

A square meal: (ভরপেটে আহার)The poor can not afford a square meal daily.

 All over: (সর্বত্র)His fame spread all over. 

Apart from: (এছাড়া)Apart from this book I have another .

.Apple of one’s eye: (চোখের মণি)Being only son Javed is the apple of his mother.

Aware of: (অবগত)I am aware of water pollution.

Part-3

All but: (প্রায়)He spent money random and now he is all but empty.

Acid test: (অগ্নি পরীক্ষা) To sacrifice life for one’s country is an acid test.

Again and again: (বার বার) Try again and again to pass in the examination.

All at once: (হঠাৎ)All at once he entered my room.

An irony of fate: (ভাগ্যের নির্মম পরিহাস) It was an irony of fate that Nowab Sirajuddaula was defeated in the Palashy.

Above one’s means: (সামর্থ্যের অতিরিক্ত)We should not spend money above our means.

A white lie: (ডাহা মিথ্যা)What he said was a white lie.

A white elephant: (অতিশয় ব্যয়বহুল) The new project has become a white elephant.

An open question: (বহূল আলোচিত) Dowry has become an open question in our country.

Apart from: (এছাড়াও) Apart from this book I have another.

All the while: (সারাক্ষণ) He reads all the while.

All the better: (ভাল হয় যদি) All the better if you do not come.

As it were: (যেন) the sun shines as it were a golden plate.

As usual: (সাধারণত:) He comes at 10 a.m. as usual.

As a whole: (মোটের উপর)As whole he is a good man.

As a rule: (অভ্যাসগত)ভাবে) As a rule he goes to bed at 10 p.m.

As ill luck would have it: (যদি এমন হতো) As ill luck would have it he failed in the examination.

As a matter of fact: (বাস্তবে)As a matter of act he did not commit the crime.

As a result of: (ফলে)He could not pass in the examination as a result of his illness.

As well: (ও)You may as well come with me.

As such: (এমন) He was poor and such his relatives did not help him.

As for: (বিষয়ে)As for myself, I cannot agree with you.

As long as: (যতক্ষণ)Please wait as long as I return.

As good as: (মত) This is as good as new.

As though: (যেন)He talks as though he is a fool.

As yet: (এখনো) The result has not published as yet.

At a stone’s through: (নিকটে)My college is at a stone’s through from my house.

At one’s back and call: (আজ্ঞাবহ)Maria is at back and call of all the members of the family.

At boiling point: (চরম মেজাজে) The teacher is at the boiling point now.

At a loss: (হতবুদ্ধি)Seeing the tiger he turned at a loss.

At any cost: (যেকোন মূল্যে) I shall do it at any cost.