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Words like my, our, your, his, her, its, and their are known as possessive determiners. They come before nouns and indicate ownership of the noun in question, as their name suggests:
My leg hurts.
James sold his business.
Bring your children with you.
Averse from/to বিমুখ; পরাঙ্মুখ; বিরোধী; অনিচ্ছুক।
I am not averse to hard work.
They are averse from taking tough measures.
Be about to do something (PHRASE)
Intend to do something, or be close to doing something, very soon.
The ceremony was about to begin.
The train is about to leave the station.
I was about to climb into bed when the bell rang.
Heroic [হেরোউইক্] (adjective) বীরোচিত; বীরত্বপূর্ণ; পরাক্রান্ত; সাহসিক।
H এর উচ্চারণ 'হ' এর মতো হয়েছে। তাই Heroic শব্দটির পূর্বে Article ''A'' বসবে।
Under (preposition)
(১) নিচে; তলে; নিম্নে; তল/নিচ দিয়ে: The workers were gossiping under the factory wall.
(২) ভিতরে আচ্ছাদিত; তলে; নিচে: The child hid his face under the bedclothes.
(৩) চেয়ে ন্যূনতর; নিচের; নিম্নপদস্থ; children under (বিপরীত over/above) fifteen years of age, পনের বছরের কম বয়সের: books for the under tens (বিপরীত over-tens); speak under one’s breath, ফিসফিস করে কথা বলা।
(৪) (বিভিন্ন অবস্থাসূচক): under discussion, আলোচ্য; বক্ষ্যমাণ: road under repair, সংস্কারাধীন; under sentence of death, মৃত্যুদণ্ডাদেশপ্রাপ্ত; India under the Mughals, মোগল শাসনাধীন; twenty acres under rice, ধান্যরোপিত বিশ একর; be under the impression that..., ধারণা/বিশ্বাস থাকা; living under an assumed name, ছদ্মনামে জীবনযাপন করা।
(৫) (সাহিত্যিক ও লাক্ষণিক) কোনোকিছুর ভারে অবনমিত: marching under a heavy load; sink under a load of greif, দুঃখের চাপে নুয়ে পড়া।
As (conjunction) (রীতিসূচক ক্রিয়াবিশেষণীয় অনুবাক্যের শুরুতে) যেমন....তেমন, যেভাবে ...সেভাবে।
He did as I said.
Bring it as it is.
Bent on- কোনো উদ্দেশ্য সাধনে দৃঢ়সংকল্প হওয়া।
He is bent on success at any cost.
All of a sudden (হঠাৎ) একটা Phrase.
Caught in the act (idiom): caught while doing something specified.
He tried to rob a bank and was caught in the act.
Source: Bangla Academy Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Cliffs TOEFL.
For + period: a ''period'' is a duration of time - five minutes, two weeks, six years, a long time.
For means ''from the beginning of the period to the end of the period''.
Since + point: a ''point'' is a precise moment in time - 9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday.
Since means ''from a point in the past until now''.
No sooner had - than , scarcely had – when , hardly had – before এর প্রথম অংশ Past Perfect and Verb এর Past Participle হয় এবং ২য় অংশে Past Indefinite হয়। যেমনঃ
No sooner had we reached the station than the train left,
Hardly had the train stopped before we got down,
Scarcely had we started when it began to rain.
Besides: in addition to; also.
She won't mind if you're late - besides, it's hardly your fault.
Do you play any other sports besides basketball?
Source: Cambridge Dictionary
Pore over something: অভিনিবেশ সহকারে/নিবিষ্টভাবে/অনন্যচিত্তে পড়া/অধ্যয়ন করা।
Pore over a book/letter.
চোখে না দেখার ক্ষেত্রে 'Blind of' ও দোষ না দেখার ক্ষেত্রে 'Blind to' বসে।
- He is blind of his eyes.
- Mr. Sikder is blind to his son’s fault.
Lodge something (with somebody) (against somebody) যথাযথ কর্তৃপক্ষকে জানানো।
They wanted to lodge a complaint against him with the authorities.
Blame something on: Assign the responsibility for a bad or unfortunate situation or phenomenon to (someone or something).
They blame youth crime on unemployment.
Beset (verb transitive) চারদিক থেকে অবরোধ বা ঘেরাও করা।
The disaster has beset us with grave difficulties.
Weed out someone/something: to get rid of people or things that are not wanted.
The administration plans to weed out failed programs.
Beginning a sentence with a conjunction can also be a useful way of conveying surprise:
And are you really going?
But didn’t she tell you?
Source: Oxford Dictionary.