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be taken aback  /verb/ থমকে যাওয়া; অপ্রস্তুত হয়ে পড়া; অবাক্ হত্তয়া; থমকান; আশ্চর্যান্বিত হত্তয়া; স্তম্ভিত হত্তয়া;
SYNONYM   wonder; come to a stop; surprise; be stupefied;
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Nearby Words:

be able be about to be absorbed be accustomed to be acquainted be acquired

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Appropriate Preposition:

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  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.

Idioms:

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  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.