DU- B unit (2021-22)

Ans: a) other than
[ The book shop sells no books other than Bangla, French, and English = বইয়ের দোকানটি বাংলা, ফরাসি, ইংরেজি ছাড়া অন্য কোন বই বিক্রি করে না।]

Ans: c) with
[ ‘conceal’ এর পর by না বসে with বসে।
Example:
Active: The high mountains concealed the distant sea.
Passive: The distant sea was concealed with the high mountains. ]

Ans: d) aggressive
[ Aggressive advertising involves any immediate and forceful technique that customers find hard to ignore. Some of the these advertising include: auto-play videos with sound, popup ads, full-screen ads, flashing animations, large sticky reflective banners etc.]

Ans: a) Science fair
[ A science fair is an event at which science projects created by students are shown and often are judged for prizes. It also encourages other students to do projects by themselves.]

Ans: d) hurry up
[ hurry up = তাড়াতাড়ি করা, তাড়াহুড়া করা, অধৈর্য হওয়া।
pardon me (মাফ করবেন), may (May I come in?), would you mind – these are considered as polite expressions.]

Ans: d) I request him not to repeat the mistake.
[ In this given question, reporting verb “say” is in present form. Direct speech এর reporting verb টি Present form হলে Indirect speech টি ও present form এ হবে। Reporting speech এ “Please” থাকলে Indirect speech এ request ( or, requested, যদি past form এ নিতে হয়) + to / not to + বাকি অংশ।]

Ans: c) He stayed unusually long.
[ Students should not get confused with “only” in option ‘d’.
‘Only’ as an adverb (before article):
➜ He is only a kid. (সে কেবলই একটা শিশু)
➜ It was only a matter of time to win the game.

‘Only’ as an adjective (after article):
➜ He is the only (একমাত্র) son of Mr. Rafique.
➜ He is the only person to do this job.]

Ans: a) has changed
[ It has changed a lot = শহরটা অনেক পরিবর্তন হয়ে গেছে।
This second sentence should be in present perfect tense not in continuous or in past indefinite tense.]

Ans: b) wastage
[ waste (verb) = অপচয় করা।
wastage (noun) = অপচয়।
Wasteful (adj.) = অপব্যয়ী।]

Ans: c) I was kept waiting by my friend.
[ sub form of obj. + aux. (was/were) + verb3 + object (adj. here) + by + sub / sub এর obj. form]

Ans: a) No sooner had the police seen the thief than they started chasing him.
[ অর্থঃ পুলিশ চোরটাকে দেখতে না দেখতেই (তারা তাকে) তাড়া করা শুরু করল।
Structure / construction:
No sooner + had + subject + verb 3 + object + than + past indefinite clause ]

Ans: c) civilized
[ social = সামাজিক
amicable = বন্ধুত্বপূর্ণ
happy = সুখী
civilized = সভ্য, প্রগতিশীল
intimate = অন্তরঙ্গ, ঘনিষ্ঠ ]

Ans: c) Martian
[ Martian (adj.) = মঙ্গলগ্রহসম্বন্ধীয় ]

Ans: d) Occurence
[ Occurrence = ঘটনা ]