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Aziz Murad

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Off and on (āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡) I go the national park off and on.

Spoken English Batch March

Of one’s own accord (āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻšā§āĻ›āĻžā§Ÿ) I helped them of my own accord.

Of no avail (āĻŦ⧃āĻĨāĻž) Your effort to be a famous actor will be of no avail.

Of the first water (āωāϚ⧁ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ) Sakib Al Hasan is a player of first water.

On and on (āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ—āϤ) He is working hard for his company on and on

On the alert (āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•) I am on the alert when I cross the busy road.

On no account (āϕ⧋āύ āĻŽāϤ⧇āχ āύāĻž) He will no account be allowed to enter the exam hall.

On the verge of (āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžā§Ÿ) His business is on the verge of ruin.

On good terms (āϏ⧁-āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•) They are not on good terms now.

On the eve of (āĻĒāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇/āĻŦ⧇āϞāĻžā§Ÿ/āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§‡) She was crying on the eve of her husband’s departure.

 

On the point of (āωāĻĻā§āϝāϤ) He was on the point of shooting the bird when I saw him.

On the sly (āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧇) He is used to smoking on the sly.

On the spur of the moment (āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž) It will be not wise to leave the room on the spur of the moment.

On the whole (āĻŽā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ) His behavior is quite satisfactory on the whole.

On principle (āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§€)I can’t do this unfair job on the principle

 

One and all (āϏāĻ•āϞ⧇) We enjoyed the picnic one and all.

Open secret (āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻšāϞ⧇āĻ“ āϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāύāĻž) Your dishonesty is an open secret.

Out and out (āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŋ) He is out and out a cheat.

Out of date (āĻ…āϚāϞ) This law is out of date now

Out of pocket (āϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤ/āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āύ⧇āχ) He is out of pocket now.

 

Out of sorts (āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ) I feel out of sorts now

Out of the wood (āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ) My father is now out of the wood.

Out of the danger (āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ) Don’t worry. The patient is now out the danger.

Out of one’s wit (āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§‚ā§/āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž) I was out of my wit and could not decide to what to do when I fell on danger.

Overhead and ears (āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇) I am overhead and ears in love with my wife.

 

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