Sunday, 22 May 2016

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.

Friday, 20 May 2016

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.

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (Part-1)

ABC=general knowledge
I don’t know the ABC of the matter.
A to Z=including everything
He has a to z knowledge of that subject.
according to=in accordance with
The inspector did his duty according to the law.
account for= give a good reason for, explain satisfactorily
The accountant officer accounted for what he spent money.
The man behaved strangely that I can’t account for it why was it so?
after all=despite what has said or expected
He is an honest man after all.
all in all=when everything is considered
I am all in all in the office.
all along=all the time; from the beginning
I thought that it was all along in my bag.
all the same=nevertheless/despite this
It is all the same to me whether he comes or not.
allow for= make provision in advance for, take into account
all these matters must be allowed for.
and all=also; included; in addition
The boy jumped into the pond  with shirt and all.
answer back=answer a reproof impudently
The boy answered back for his father’s question.
ask after/for somebody=ask for news of
I met him yesterday. He asked after you.
ask for=ask to speak to: request, demand
I went to the office and asked for the officer.
The workers asked for seven days holiday.
ask someone in=invite someone to enter the house
He asked me in his house last night.

A Devil killed by A Young Man ( Story )


 

A long time ago, in a king’s family, a devil was born. At the time of his birth, a forecaster told his parents that a simple young man would kill him when he would grow up. When he grew mature, he turned young, and became ferocious as well. Whatever he did, he always did the worst for the people. He was always against the actuality. He never liked moral things. He thought of himself as the most powerful and influential living being in the world.

 

 

 

He did not believe in God. He declared himself as the God of all.  According to his will and pleasure, he ruled the people. He told the people to worship him. If anybody did not abide by his orders, he would kill him. People’s lives were of no value to him. He was the symbol of bad-omen and leader of all evil power. If he would see good things to be done, he destroyed that at once. Day by day, he became stronger and stronger and the most powerful.



Therefore, nobody dared to protest against him. Everybody was passing days in fear. If anybody raised his voice, he would kill him and his body was hanged in the tree so that the people could realize his punishment. There was none as cruel as he was on earth. At some point, he dreamt a bad dream and it was the worst moment in his life that a nice young man was chasing him to kill. But he could not see his face. Because before completing that dream fully he woke up.

 

 

 

He became gloomy and thoughtful of it. He had forgotten the prediction of his death. He thought himself to be the deathless devil and God of all. He recollected the forecast heard from his parents that a young man would kill him. He sent his men around the world to find out such sort of brave, strong, and nice man.

 

 

 

His soldiers looked for him everywhere to seize, but they failed to do it so easily. He ordered his men to kill all the nice, strong, and brave men. They started to do it. For this reason, a great battle began. All the good and strong men gathered, and combined to defeat this devil. When he heard the news of young people being combined. His head became too hot and he became so much ferocious that he himself wanted to kill them.

 

 

 

So, he intended to join the war and fight with them. But his co-devil and well-wishers discussed with him and told him not to fight in the battle for the risk of his life at that moment. Being assured, he consented not to fight in this war. He told them details about the forecast, which he heard from his parents, and accordingly, he gave a declaration to the soldiers to bring that young man alive or his dead body or his head in front of him.

 

 

This news was scattered all over the world. All the parents became frightened about the consequence of their sons’ lives after hearing this news.  A great battle broke out and continued for about twenty years where thousands of people were killed indiscriminately. Their houses were burnt. They could not fight for so long time with the evil power. They were defeated at the hand of the devil’s soldiers.

 

 

All the people were fed up with the torture of the devil. They were hankering after and waiting for one of the bravest and strongest men who would be able to defeat this devil and kill him and give them peace and happiness. Years after years, they waited for him but nobody came to rescue them and save the world from the evil grip of this devil. In the meanwhile, a baby was born before five years of starting the war.  

 

  

 

The child was very nice and came up in an aristocratic family. A nice name was given to the baby. He was named Abraham. But the relationship of that family with the devil was very intimate, because this child’s father was also one of the greatest followers of the devil. The child grew up and when he could discriminate between good and bad he began to oppose his father’s misdeed and tried to make him understand.

 

 

 

From his birth, he observed that evil power was dominating the world. He saw the poor, simple, honest, and good men being tortured at the hand of the devil. He observed everywhere that war between good power and evil power. Nice and strong men were killed wherever they were found. The battle had already passed twenty years. The soldiers reported to the devil, “There is no so nice, brave, and strong young man on earth whom you saw in your dream”.

 

 

The devil thought that his enemy had been killed. He declared the victory of the war and pronounced that his enemy had died. To celebrate this victory, the devil arranged a party for his followers. The child had grown up into a young man. At the function, he had come with his father. He met the devil and introduced himself to him as Abraham, the son of one of his followers.

 

 

 

The devil was happy to see him as one of his follower’s sons. He observed the young man and thought he had never seen so nice a young man in his life. So, by seeing the young man in this gorgeous function, the devil’s mind became delighted. For having so a nice son, the devil extolled the young man’s father. The devil is now free from the fear of death in the hand of that young man he saw in his dream.

 

  

 

He thought, he had died and there was nobody who could destroy him.

The limit of torture by the devil increased day by day. Everybody was helpless. The boy became angry with such sort of torture by the devil. He told his father to stop it and he tried to make him understand of the consequence of this oppression. He went away from home to a far-off place and began to assure people that this oppression would not last long.

 

 

 

So, he commenced to gather the strong and brave men who could defend this torturous devil. After being trained, the young man declared to fight with the devil. He told all the people to join with them in the great battle to defeat the tyrant devil to remove all the sorrows and destructions from the earth to get rid of this devil’s tyranny. So, the whole of the people gathered with him.

 

 

This news reached the devil’s palace. The devil grew ferocious more than before. This time the devil intended to join in the war to kill them one by one. A great battle broke out and it continued for up to three years. The final day of the war came on. The devil confronted the young man and recognized him, whom he had seen at the function arranged by him for celebrating the victory of the last battle.

 

 

 

The devil told him, “You! You are my enemy?” “Are you not the son of my follower?” The young man answered, “Yes, I am the son of your stupid follower. But I am not your follower. I am on behalf of these oppressed, innocent, and helpless people. I am only the follower of the almighty God who sent me to destroy the oppressors like you.”

 

  

Hearing this type of response the devil started to shout and laugh. He told him, “Are you making fun of me, young man?” All around him were astonished by hearing the young man to be the son of one of the followers of the devil. The young man assured the common people by suggesting them not to lose their courage from their mind and to depend on the almighty God.

 

 

 

The devil ordered his soldiers to attack their enemies. Abraham told the people to attack them too to take revenge for the oppression that they had done to them. At last, the young man stabbed the devil into his stomach. The devil fell from his horse. He tried to flee away but the young man again ran after him, pushed him out on the ground, and killed him with his sword. The people became happy and celebrated their victory in the battle.

 

 In this way, the general people got rid of the tyranny of the devil. All the anguish, sorrow, and distress went off. The truth won in the war and it was again established on earth. The people elected Abraham as the king of the whole world. Abraham was pronounced as the donor of freedom and peace of the people on earth.