যে ভাষায় আমরা ভাল করতে চাই সেই ভাষা চর্চার একটি অন্যতম কার্যকর পন্থা হলো সেই ভাষার মুভি দেখা, গান শোনা আর গল্পের বই পড়া। আমাদের সময়ের অভাবে অনেক সময়ই এসব করা হয় না, আর তাই আগামী বেশ কিছু পর্বে আমরা এমন কিছু Idioms নিয়ে আলোচনা করব যেগুলো হরহামেশাই ইংলিশ মুভি, গান আর গল্পের বইতে পাওয়া যায়। আসুন, শুরু করা যাক।
1. Get out of hand - Get out of control
• Pull or spray garden weeds before they get out of hand.
2. Get something out of your system - Do the thing you’ve been wanting to do so you can move on
• I want to get politics out of my system and settle down to enjoy family life.
3. Get your act together - Work better or leave
• With just two months left for his exams, he said he should be getting his act together if he wanted to do well.
4. Give someone the benefit of the doubt - Trust what someone says
• She said she was late because her flight was canceled, and we gave her the benefit of the doubt.
5. Go back to the drawing board - Start over
• Sometimes the best way to proceed after a mistake is to start over and go back to the drawing board.
6. Hang in there - Don’t give up
• Work can get tough in the middle of a term but hang in there and it’ll be OK.
7. Hit the sack - Go to sleep
• I’ve got to get up early tomorrow, so I’m going to hit the sack
8. It’s not rocket science - It’s not complicated
• Freddie needed his oil changed in his car, but he did not know how to do it himself. Don’t worry, I’ll show you how; it’s not rocket science, his friend told him.
9. Let someone off the hook - To not hold someone responsible for something
• If you ask me, they let him off the hook too easily.
10. Make a long story short - Tell something briefly
• To make a long story short, I had a wonderful time during my summer vacation.
Quote on life:
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
~Herman Melville
Dear learners, stay happy and make others happy!
