Idiom: Odds and ends

• Meaning: Miscellaneous articles

• Bangla Meaning: টুকিটাকি; ছোটখাটো জিনিস

Explanation:

• “Odds and ends” refers to various small items of different kinds, usually of little importance or value.

Contrast:

• Rank and file: Ordinary members of an organization as opposed to its leaders (সাধারণ স্তরের সদস্যরা)।

Source:

1. Cambridge Dictionary

2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Location of the Ghost in Hamlet

• The Ghost is first seen on the guards’ platform at Elsinore Castle, i.e., outside the castle.

• The initial sightings are by the sentinels Barnardo and Marcellus, along with Horatio, Hamlet’s friend.

• The Ghost resembles the recently deceased King Hamlet and appears on the battlements of the castle.

• These events occur in Act 1, Scene 1.

• Horatio then informs Prince Hamlet, who decides to see the Ghost himself.

Correct Option: b) outside the castle

Idiom: “By and by”

• Meaning:

  • English: before long; eventually; soon; ultimately; a future time or occasion

  • Bangla: দেখতে দেখতে, অবিলম্বে, অবশেষে, অনতিকাল মধ্যে; পরবর্তী কালে; পরে

• Correct Option: গ) Before long

Related Idioms / Phrases:

1. By the by

   • English: incidentally; by the way (used as a sentence connector)

   • Bangla: প্রসঙ্গক্রমে, যাই হোক

2. On the whole

   • English: by and large; mostly; in general

   • Bangla: মোটের উপর

3. By nature

   • English: essentially or innately

   • Bangla: স্বভাবতঃ বা সহজাত

Sources:

1. Oxford Dictionary

2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary