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run up against  /verb/ মুখে পড়া; সম্মুখীন হওয়া; হঠাৎ সম্মুখীন হত্তয়া;
SYNONYM   Encounter; run across;
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Nearby Words:

run run about run across run after run against run along

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Appropriate Preposition:

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  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

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  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.