HOME Special Uses of Some Words and Phrases
Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box :
was bornas soon aswould ratherwhat does-look likehad better
what’s-likehave to/ has tolet alonethereit

(a) Manners make a man. Students —— practise good manners in everyday life.
(b) You look exhausted. You —— take rest to refresh yourself.
(c) Mansib has not yet got 1st dose of Covid-19 vaccine, —— booster dose.
(d) Our spring is very charming. During spring, various kinds of flowers bloom. —— seems that everything has got a new life.
(e) Rodela : —— the frozen mountain peak ——? Namira : It looks like a white dome.
(f) Kazi Nazrul is our rebel poet. He —— in Churulia of West Bengal.
(g) The sky is cloudy and it may storm at any moment. So, we should start our journey —— possible.
(h) —— your family ——? I belong to a nuclear family.
(i) I —— remain silent than quarrel with them.
(j) —— was a time people used to travel on foot or riding animals.
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সমাধান (Solution)

Answer: (a) have to (b) had better (c) let alone (d) it (e) What does...look like (f) was born (g) as soon as (h) What's...like (i) would rather (j) There
Explanation:
(a) have to: বাধ্যবাধকতা বোঝাতে বসে।
(b) had better: কোনো কিছু করা ভালো বা উচিত এমন পরামর্শে বসে।
(c) let alone: একটি অসম্ভব কাজের সাথে আরও কঠিন কিছুর তুলনা করতে বসে।
(e) What does...look like: বাহ্যিক অবয়ব জানতে চাওয়া হয়েছে।
(h) What's...like: ধরন বা বৈশিষ্ট্য সম্পর্কে জানতে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
(i) would rather... than: দুটি কাজের মধ্যে একটিকে বেশি পছন্দ করা বোঝাতে বসে।
(j) There: অতীতের কোনো সময়ের অস্তিত্ব বা বর্ণনা দিতে introductory 'There' বসে।