A
Successful in every task
B
Comfortable in all environments
C
Completely relaxed in a situation
D
Uncomfortable in a specific situation
উত্তরের বিবরণ
Idiom: A fish out of water
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English Meaning: Someone who is uncomfortable in a specific situation.
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Bangla Meaning: অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থা / বেকায়দা অবস্থা
Other Options:
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ক) Successful in every task – ‘jack of all trades’ এর কাছাকাছি
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খ) Comfortable in all environments – বিপরীত অর্থ
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গ) Completely relaxed in a situation – ‘at ease’ বা ‘in one’s element’
Example Sentence:
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I felt like a fish out of water at my new school.
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আমি আমার নতুন স্কুলে খুব অস্বস্তিতে ছিলাম।
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Correct Answer: Uncomfortable in a specific situation ✅
Source: Live MCQ Lecture
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Updated: 1 week ago
What does the idiom "at arm's length" mean?
Created: 1 week ago
A
Holding something very close
B
Being very close and intimate
C
Measuring something with arms
D
Avoiding intimacy or keeping a distance
Correct Answer: Avoiding intimacy or keeping a distance
At arm's length (idiom)
English Meaning:
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At a distance / as far away from your body as possible.
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Avoiding intimacy or close contact.
Bangla Meaning:
(১) শরীর থেকে যথাসম্ভব দূরে রাখা / এড়িয়ে চলা।
(২) ঘনিষ্ঠতা এড়িয়ে চলা।
Other Options:
ক) Holding something very close → এই প্রবাদটির বিপরীত অর্থ।
খ) Being very close and intimate → এই প্রবাদটি আসলে সেটিই এড়িয়ে চলার কথা বোঝায়।
গ) Measuring something with arms → আক্ষরিক অর্থে ব্যবহৃত হলেও প্রবাদসুলভ নয়।
Example Sentences:
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I held the telephone at arm's length.
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Try to keep bad companions at arm's length.
Source: Live MCQ lecture
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If someone says, "I'm going to hit the sack," what are they most likely doing?
Created: 4 weeks ago
A
Going to sleep early
B
Preparing for a fight
C
Starting a workout
D
Packing their bags
• The idiom "hit the sack" means – Going to sleep early.
• hit the sack (idiom)
English Meaning: to go to bed in order to sleep.
Bangla Meaning: ঘুমাতে যাওয়া; শুতে যাওয়া।
Example Sentence:
- I’m really tired, so I’m going to hit the sack early tonight.
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Choose the word/phrase that best retains the meaning o f the underlined word/phrase in the given sentence: Despite being a brilliant scientist, he does not seem to ''get his ideas across''.
Created: 2 weeks ago
A
make his ideas understood
B
get his ideas down pat
C
summarise his ideas
D
put together his ideas
Idiom: Get something across (to somebody)
English Meaning:
To make someone understand something clearly; to succeed in communicating an idea.
Bangla Meaning:
কাউকে কোনো বিষয় বুঝাতে পারা বা স্পষ্টভাবে প্রকাশ করতে পারা।
Example Expression:
"get his ideas across" → এর মানে হলো “তার ধারণাগুলো অন্যদের কাছে সহজে ও পরিষ্কারভাবে তুলে ধরা”।
👉 সুতরাং সঠিক উত্তর হবে: make his ideas understood
Example Sentence
Despite being a brilliant scientist, he does not seem to “get his ideas across.”
Bangla Meaning:
একজন মেধাবী বিজ্ঞানী হয়েও, তিনি তার ভাবনাগুলো স্পষ্টভাবে অন্যদের বুঝাতে পারেন না।
Source: Oxford Learner’s Dictionary
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