Incorrect and correct sentences ( Part-1 )

Incorrect: He won a first prize.

Correct: He won the first prize.

Incorrect: The vacation is drawing to close.

Correct: The vacation is drawing to a close.

Incorrect: This is fact.

Correct: This is a fact.

Incorrect: The work has come to end.

Correct:  The work has come to an end.

Incorrect: Never tell lie.

Correct: Never tell a lie.

Incorrect: It is quarter to six.

Correct: It is a quarter to six.

Incorrect: I know he is fool.

Correct: I know he is a fool.

Incorrect: I know he was miser.

Correct: I know he was a miser.

Incorrect: I know he was coward.

Correct: I know he was a coward.

Incorrect:  It costs me ten and half taka.

Correct: It costs me ten and a half taka.

Incorrect: Naughty boy makes noise.

Correct: A naughty boy makes a noise.

Incorrect: Let us go out for walk.

Correct: Let us go out for a walk.

Incorrect: He gave me hundred taka.

Correct: He gave me a hundred taka.

Incorrect: I shall buy pair of shoes.

Correct: I shall buy a pair of shoes.

Incorrect: Cow is useful animal.

Correct: The cow is a useful animal.

Incorrect: I have much work in the hand.

Correct: I have much work in hand.

Incorrect: He got the poem by the heart.

Correct: He got the poem by heart.

Incorrect: We made him the captain.

Correct: We made him captain.

Incorrect: The iron is very useful.

Correct: Iron is very useful.

Incorrect: Gold of this ring is very pure.

Correct: The gold of this ring is very pure.

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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (Part-6)

break in ( a young horse / pony) : train him for use-

You cannot ride a horse before you have been broken in.

break off = terminate:

I have broken off my engagement to her

break off = detach or become detached:

He took the jar of biscuit and broke it off.

break out= to start suddenly

The war broke out between the two countries.

break out in sth= suddenly become covered in sth

His face broke out in red color.

break through=overcome/to make new and important discoveries

Finally we broke through the difficult moment.

The scientist broke through against the fight with the new disease.

break up=to separate into smaller pieces/come to an end

The man broke the log up into many pieces.

The school breaks up at 1.10 pm.

break up (with sb)= to end a relationship

I have broken up with that stupid family.

bring about= to make sth happen

The man has brought about in his behviour

bring sb around=to sb round sb’s house

Bring the family around in our house one day.

bring sth for sb=to return with sth for sb

His father brought some dolls for him

bring sth/sb back =to return sb/sth

Please bring my bag back tomorrow.

bring sb down=to make sb lose power or defeated

The rumour brought the government down.

bring sb/sth forth=to give birth to sb; to produce sth

His wife brought forth a son.

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (Part-4)

at one’s wit’s end=to be worried about what to do

I was at my wit’s end and could not think what to do.

back away=step or move back slowly

When he took the gun the robbers backed away.

back out=withdraw/discontinue /refuse to provide support

They have backed out their complain from the police station.

back somebody up=support morally or verbally

We backed him up enough in his distress.

back up=to annoy sb

This type of manners always back me up.

bag and baggage=with all your possessions

You should leave the hotel bag and baggage

be against=be opposed to

The people are now against the minister.

be away=be away from home/ the place for at least a night

I had been away from home last night.

His father is away from home still now.

be back=have returned after a long or short absence

I am back after a long time.

She will be back soon.

be for=be in favour of

He always speaks in favour of his son.

be in=be at home/in this building

The man is the room now.

be in for=be about to encounter

We should be prepared for the attack.

be over=be finished

The storm is over, we can go now.

be out=be away from home/from this building for a short time

He is out of home now.

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (Part-5)

be up=be out of  bed

He is always up at 8 O’clock in the mornig.

be up to= be physically or intellectually strong enough

I will not go to the office because I am not up to work today.

be up to something/some mischief/some trick/no good= be occupied or busy with  some

Don’t believe him he up to some tricks.

(It is up to someone = it is his responsibility or duty)

If it breaks down it is up to you.

bear out= confirm

The ticket counter bears out my ticket tomorrow.

bear up= support bad news  bravely, hide feelings of grief

The matter was very dangerous  but she bore it up.

black and blue=to beat severely

The thief was beaten black and hue.

blow out=extinguish by blowing

The wind blew out the candle.

blow up= 1. destroy by explosion, explode. be destroyed: 2. fill with air, inflate, pump up

You should blow up your anger.

boil away=be boiled until all has evaporated

I kept the pot of water on the stove but it boiled away soon.

boil over= to rise and flow over the sides of the container

The milk boiled over the pot for and I got the  smell of burning.

break down= take a total and subdivide it under various heading so as to give an additional

information: You say there were 500 people. Can you break that down into age groups?

break down = collapse sth by force:

The fire man broke down the door to enter into the room.

break in = enter by force:

He broke in the room and killed him.

break into = enter by force:

The house was broken into when he was not at  home.

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (Part-2)

as if=as though

He is behaving in the way as if he were a member of the parliament.

as it were=used when someone is expressing his or her expression on sth

The speaker told all the members in the parliament house to stop, as it were, they making chaos.

as well=in addition to sb/sth ; too

Are you going as well?

at all=in any way

I don’t like her at all.

at large=as a whole; in general; not captured; free

His killer is moving at large.

The opinion of the people is at large.

at sixes and seven=in disorder; in confusion

He kept his books on the table at sixes and seven.

apple of discord=the main cause of quarrel.

The sharing of the money is the apple of discord between the two men.

at the eleventh hour=at the last moment

The police came here at the eleventh hour of the fighting.

at best=at most

I can give you 500 taka at best.

at the point of =a particular time of stage or development

His life is at the point of death.

at all costs=at any rate

I will help him at all costs.

all but=about

I have all but finished the work.

a hard nut to crack=great problem

The man is now in a hard nut to crack.

a great deal of= a lot of

He ate a great deal of meal in the function.