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- Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
- Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
- Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
- Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
- in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
- Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
Idioms:
- a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
- Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
- Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
- A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
- In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
- Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.