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- Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
- Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
- Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
- Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
- Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
- Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
Idioms:
- As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
- Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
- vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
- Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
- loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
- Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.