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pat on the back  /verb/ পিঠ চাপড়ান;
SYNONYM   patronize;
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Nearby Words:

pat pat a cake pat-a-cake pata cake patacake patch

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Appropriate Preposition:

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  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.

Idioms:

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  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.