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- Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
- Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
- Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
- Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
- Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
- Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
Idioms:
- To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
- A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
- In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
- 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.
- By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
- be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )