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A bolt from the blue - সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত
SYNONYM  something quite unexpected.
EXAMPLE  The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.

Nearby Words:

a bad apple A bed of roses A bed of roses thorns A black sheep A blessing in disguise

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Appropriate Preposition:

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  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Attach to ( জুড়ে দেওয়া ) Attach this file to the email.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.

Idioms:

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  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )